Medicines are one of the most used therapeutic tools to treat diseases in the population.
Given the importance of medicines in the health of the population, it is very important to know what types of medicines exist, the definition of each of them and what it is legal basis.
In the Ley General de Salud and in the Reglamento de Insumos para la Salud, we can find the definition of the types of medicines, as shown below:
Biotechnology medicine: Any substance that has been produced by molecular biotechnology, that has a therapeutic, preventive or rehabilitative effect, that is presented in pharmaceutical form, that is identified as such by its pharmacological activity and physical, chemical and biological properties.
Drugs produced by chemical synthesis: Any substance or mixture of substances of natural or synthetic origin that has therapeutic, preventive or rehabilitative effect, which is presented in pharmaceutical form and is identified as such by its pharmacological activity, physical, chemical and biological characteristics, and is registered in the Pharmacopoeia of the United Mexican States for allopathic medicines.
Vitamin Medicine: The product that in its composition contains only vitamins or minerals such as mono or polypharmaceuticals, alone or in association, indicated to prevent or treat ailments due to their insufficiencies, whose presentation is in pharmaceutical form.
Herbal Medicine: Products made with plant material or any derivative of it, whose main ingredient is the aerial or underground part of a plant or extracts and tinctures, as well as juices, resins, fatty and essential oils, presented in pharmaceutical form, whose efficacy therapeutic and safety has been scientifically confirmed in the national or international literature.
Homeopathic Medicine: Any substance or mixture of substances of natural or synthetic origin that has a therapeutic, preventive or rehabilitative effect and that is prepared in accordance with the manufacturing procedures described in the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United Mexican States, in those of other countries or other sources of national and international scientific information.
Orphan Drugs: Medications intended for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of rare diseases, which have a prevalence of no more than 5 people per 10,000 inhabitants.
Knowing what type of medicine our product is also helps us define the technical and legal documentation that we must present to the Sanitary Authority (COFEPRIS) to obtain the Sanitary Registry.
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